As many as 67 families are preparing to leave their settlements in the Wayanad Wildlife Sanctuary (WWLS) under a voluntary relocation project of the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests. Chief Minister Oommen Chandy will inaugurate the project at a function at Naikkatty, near Sulthan Bathery, at 1 p.m. on Monday.
It is one of the major voluntary relocation projects outside the tiger reserves in South India. Forty-nine eligible families, including 24 tribal families in the Golur and Ammavayal settlements (two settlements inside the core area of the sanctuary)
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